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North Bank Habit Area

  • Start date: 04/10/2021

  • Start time: 12:00 AM

  • End date: 04/10/2021

  • End time: 11:59 PM

Description:

UPDATE: Darko is going to be the assistant leader as we spread out into two groups. North Bank Habitat is near Roseburg, exit 135, Wilbur, then on North Bank Rd to the West Entrance - around 1 hour and 15 minutes. The scenic up and down loop has rolling—some steep & challenging hills— up to and along the ridgeline with oak savannas, meadows, and views of the North Fork of the Umpqua River.
One will need to watch for poison oak in a few places. Expect a few sections of the trail to be muddy depending on rainfall in recent days. We should start hiking around 9:30 and complete the hike between 2:30and 3:00. It will be a steady moderate pace with a late lunch so bring some snacks. The elevation gain is like doing Pisgah twice.

  • Event Leader: Jacobsen Janet

  • Assistant Leader: Sojak Darko

  • Event category: Trips

  • Area Type: Mountain

  • Departure Location: Amazon Park, 28th & Hilyard entrance parking lot

  • Rating: Moderate

  • Roundtrip total drive miles: 151

  • Season: 2021

  • Permits Required:

  • Event Status: Passed

  • Supplies and Equipment Required: Rain gear, snacks, lunch, Face covering

  • participant prerequisites:

  • Conditions:

  • Total Distance: 8

  • Member Fees: 1

  • Elevation Gain: 1800

  • Non-Member Fees: 5

  • Committee: Trips

  • Junior member fees: —

Trip Report

Seventeen of us in eight cars left Eugene at 7:45am and headed south on I-5 to Wilbur, Exit 135. All successfully made made the turn on North Bank Road to the West Trailhead where the leader breathed a sigh of relief. This is a great view hike on old ranch roads climbing quickly to ridges that follow around the top of a valley, with panoramas of the Umpqua River and the surrounding mixed forests and open oak savannas. On the downhill section of the loop. we were amazed to see so many showers of shooting stars and houndstongue spreading out over the hillside. Clouds with a little rain and a little wind did not prevent us from describing it as perfect weather for our hike—not too hot. Thanks to Darko for keeping us socially distanced and moving in the right direction, to Steve Johnson for bringing up the rear and to all who loved the hike.

Members & Guests signed-up & waitlisted

  • Number of spots on trip: 19
  • Number of spots available: 0
No. Status Full name Phone Transportation Needed? Trip Fee # Can Take?
1 Signed-Up Jacobsen, Janet 541-206-1251 N 1
2 Signed-Up Yoerger, Karen 541-510-2832 N 1
3 Signed-Up Carpenter, Kathie 541-505-2370 N 1
4 Signed-Up Meacham, Lynn 541-214-8827 N 1
5 Signed-Up Sojak, Darko 541-799-9199 N 1
6 Signed-Up Ruzicka, Angie 541-521-6840 N 1
7 Signed-Up Cooney, Marguerite 541-600-0217 N 1
8 Signed-Up Gould, Whitney 510-368-8941 N 1
9 Signed-Up Johnson, Steven 541-520-2470 N 1
10 Signed-Up Bennett, Brad 541-359-5198 N 5
11 Signed-Up Krentz, Holger 541-868-7792 N 1
12 Signed-Up Van Liefde, Lisa 949-677-1379 N 1
13 Signed-Up Romm, Rich 541-954-8824 N 1
14 Signed-Up Rolfe, Jorry 541-206-9501 N 1
15 Signed-Up Shapiro, Kate 541-999-0091 N 5
16 Signed-Up Boyles, Jody 541-285-0494 N 5
17 Signed-Up Bruns, Sharon 541-221-9102 N 5
18 Signed-Up Hawkins, David 541-505-0119 N 1
19 Signed-Up Lindstrom, Lana 541-683-1409 N 1
20 Signed-Up Randall, Kathy 541-844-5916 N 5
21 Signed-Up Nagy, Evelyn 541-514-4110 N 1
22 Waitlist Hoecker, Nancy 541-217-8453 N 1